be extradited to the United States to face charges of
corruption.
The former Concacaf president was issued a 90-day ban
from footballing activities in December after being detained
by Swiss police following raids on a Zurich hotel in May of
last year.
Hawit is accused of "accepting bribes totalling millions of
dollars in connection with the sale to various sports
marketing firms of marketing rights to football tournaments
in Latin America", according to the Swiss Federal Office of
Justice.
Having initially contested his extradition, Hawit has now
agreed to be sent to the US and must be escorted from
Switzerland by American police within the next 10 days.
The 64-year-old had previously denied any wrongdoing and
had an appeal against his suspension rejected.
Fellow Fifa official Juan Angel Napout, who was suspended
alongside Hawit, agreed to his own extradition last month.
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